Section 388.1611h Amounts to Districts for Settlement, Compromise, and Resolution of Claims Pursuant to Durant v State of Michigan; Section Not to Be Construed as Admission of Liability or Waiver of Defense.

MI Comp L § 388.1611h (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 11h.

(1) For the purposes of sections 11f and 11g, the following amounts are offered to each district or intermediate district to settle, compromise, and resolve, in their entirety, any claim or claims that those districts or intermediate districts may have asserted for violations of section 29 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 through September 30, 1997, which claims are or were similar to the claims asserted by the plaintiffs in the consolidated cases known as Durant v State of Michigan, Michigan supreme court docket no. 104458-104492:

(2) This section, any other provision of this act, or section 353e of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1353e, shall not be construed to constitute an admission of liability to the districts designated in this section in any litigation or future litigation with a district or intermediate district. In addition, this section, any other provision of this act, or section 353e of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1353e, shall not be construed to constitute a waiver of any defense that is or would have been available to this state or its agencies, employees, or agents in any litigation or future litigation with a district or intermediate district.

History: Add. 1997, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1997 Compiler's Notes: In the above table, the entry for “Bridgeport-Saulding Community Schools” should evidently read “Bridgeport-Spaulding Community Schools.”